Getting ready for the sky

Early morning, Cappadocia

I must admit I wasn't quite ready to take some good pictures on that frigid morning at Cappadocia -- I was there waiting to get onto a hot-air-balloon, and my mind wasn't with my camera, let alone it was "too-early" for pictures.  It was almost pitch black and I did not put my mind onto making pictures.  Then it occurred to me that the flames lighting up the translucent balloon produced some really nice colors in this dark morning, and there I started firing away.....